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Nouns, Pronouns and Adjectives
36 Questions DATE :

1. What is the adjective?

The old shoe was full of mud.

A shoe B old

C of D was

2. What is the adjective?

Harry picked up his yellow pencil off the floor.

A off B floor

C yellow D picked

3. What is the adjective?

The small baby crawled to his mother.

A his B mother

C small D The

4. What is the adjective?

The happy kids ran out the door to recess.

A happy B ran

C door D recess

5. What is the adjective?

My dad gave me a red hat for my birthday.

A hat B red

C my D dad
 6. An adjective describes a verb.

A True B False

7. Identify the adjective:

This old computer is dirty.

A This B old

C computer

8. Identify the adjective:

I heard a funny joke yesterday.

A heard B joke

C funny

9. Identify the adjective:

The young class was nervous about the test.

A test B about

C class D young

10. What is the adjective in the sentence?

A volcanic eruption frightened the islanders.

A eruption B islanders

C volcanic D frightened

11. What type of adjective is used in this sentence?

Elena doesn't like the July heat.

A pronoun B proper noun

C compound noun D noun

12. What is a pronoun?

A A word that takes the place of adjectives. B A word that takes the place of verbs.

C A word that takes the place of adverbs. D A word that takes the place of a noun.

13. What is the name given to the word or group of words that a pronoun replaces?

A Root Word B Antiseptic

C Antecedent D Antibiotic

14. What is the antecedent of the RED pronoun?

My mother ate her salad.

A Mother B ate

C salad D My

15. Which word below is NOT a personal pronoun?

A I B Which

C We D You

16. Which word is a pronoun in the following sentence?

Have you ever played in a band?

A Ever B You

C Have D Played

17. Which word is a pronoun in the following sentence?

They will be glad to hear the band play again.

A They B Band

C Will D Play

18. Which word is a pronoun in the following sentence?

I play the trumpet in the band.

A play B I

C trumpet D the
19. Which pronoun would best replace the red words in the following sentence?
Matt began to pick up paper from the grass at the park.

A He B She

C Her D Him

20. Which pronoun would best replace the red words in the following sentence?
Matt and Lynn were happy they helped recycle.

A Their B They

C Them D Those

21. Which pronoun would best replace the red words in the following sentence?
"Let's think of a way to clean up litter," Matt and Lynn said.

A They B Their

C Those D Them

22. Which of the following words is NOT a pronoun?

A them B dog

C us D he

23. Which word in the following sentence is a pronoun:

Another man saw him and asked about the dog.

A him B man

C and D the

24. Which is a common noun?

A Frog Creek B Sally

C dog D Mr. Smith

25. Which word SHOULD NOT be capitalized because it is a common noun?

A Dallas B Flower

C Hurricane Harbor D Texas

26. Which of the following is a proper noun?

A New York City B park

C museum D swimming pool

27. What are the nouns in this sentence?

Last month was my birthday.

A last, birthday B month, birthday

C was, my D last, month

28. What are the nouns in this sentence?

Our famly owns a house in the country.

A Our, country B family, house, country

C family, house D Our, family, house

29. What are the nouns in this sentence?

At the park there were many ducks.

A park, there B many, ducks

C park, ducks D there, were

30. What type of noun is the highlighted word?

The army once recruited some kids at For Belvoir in Virginia.

A common noun B proper noun

31. What type of noun names a specific person, place, or thing?

A proper noun B noun

C common noun D pronoun

32. Identify the common noun.
Teddy is a sweet and intelligent boy.

A sweet B boy

C intelligent D Teddy

33. Identify the noun.

My sweater is unraveling.

A My B is

C unraveling D sweater

34. Identify the common noun.

I admire Harry's loyalty to his friends and family.

A admire B Harry's

C I D loyalty

35. Identify the noun.

Salads make me hungry.

A Salads B me

C hungry D make

36. Identify the proper noun.

Is Erica still planning to go to Morocco this summer?

A go B planning

C summer D Morocco